On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Jul 06, 2015 8:41:51 am PDT #359 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Aw, tommyrot, that's terrific!

I am approved to work from home tomorrow. Whew. I'll be dropping my car off at the garage in the morning, walking home, working remotely, getting my hair cut (salon is in between my house and the garage), and picking up my car whenever it ready. Trying to work out getting rides or riding my bike seemed really hard around all that.

Next time I make an appointment to get my car worked on, I should look at my calendar BEFORE I say, "yeah, Tuesday's fine".


Zenkitty - Jul 06, 2015 8:47:41 am PDT #360 of 30003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Shoot, I'm crushing on Anna, too. She sounds awesome.


Theodosia - Jul 06, 2015 8:47:55 am PDT #361 of 30003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Cat-liking is a good start!

I've ended my Uber shift successfully having made $100 in fares -- less $28 for gas, and then I spent nearly $40 at CVS on various necessities. Sometimes it feels like I'm running hard just to stay in place, but at least I have the illusion that I'm Doing Something.


Theodosia - Jul 06, 2015 8:49:17 am PDT #362 of 30003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Note, the gas will last me for several days before I fill up again, and the CVS is stuff like shampoo and Sudafed that will also be an infrequent purchase.


Strix - Jul 06, 2015 9:39:45 am PDT #363 of 30003
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Tomorrow, for the first time, I will be raising a teenager in my house.

He's a great kid, and I;m confident things will be fine, but, for the love of god, please to being setting up a TEEN BOY FOOD KICKSTARTER. He was a velociraptor his last two stays home, and he went up to jeans sizes since Xmas. He MIGHT have outgrown his dad's shoes, too, because they fit M perfectly at Xmas.

So today is housecleaning. We're leaving a lot of M's room and the basement section of his playroom for him to organize and decorate, but the basics are done.


-t - Jul 06, 2015 9:49:37 am PDT #364 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Theo, it's hard work staying in place sometimes. It's no illusion that you're Doing Something.

I'm so gauche. I was drinking my cup of tea and noticed I was sticking out my pinky like you aren't supposed to, so on my next cup I really concentrated on curling it in with the others and immediately spilled my tea all over my keyboard.

No harm done, but so embarrassing.


DavidS - Jul 06, 2015 9:50:00 am PDT #365 of 30003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

but, for the love of god, please to being setting up a TEEN BOY FOOD KICKSTARTER.

Oh how well, I remember this with Emmett. It was a mad dash to throw proteins down his gaping maw all day. He needed to be fed as frequently as a newborn but consuming meals bigger than a newborn.

I did wind up making large blenders of smoothie (loaded with yogurt and banana) to stave him off. It was belly filling and tasty and with yogurt you get protein so it sates them.

Lots of frozen fruit from TJs in the mix.


Steph L. - Jul 06, 2015 9:54:07 am PDT #366 of 30003
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

My boss gave me feedback today that said "Please note that there were a couple of paragraphs where I thought the editing was fantastic."

Even just a couple of paragraphs that don't suck are leaps and bounds beyond the bloodbath of last week's feedback, so I'll take it. t faint "hooray" a la Archer


-t - Jul 06, 2015 10:09:37 am PDT #367 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Fantastic, Tep! Print out that one line in huge letters to hand right at eye level while you work.


tommyrot - Jul 06, 2015 10:10:12 am PDT #368 of 30003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

It's pouring out here. And someone left the top down on their BMW convertible.